How picky are you on public land when chasing whitetails

[Bonasababy]

Needs to be a mature buck to shoot opening weekend, I like hunting enough I am in no hurry to put one down. Hunt every day of rifle if I can and enjoy our later MZ season too.

Lots of hunters for the former, often find myself alone for MZ season.

 

[rogerthat]

I’m not picky at all on public land. I drop the first solid 160 I see.

 

[Djfan]

Not picky at all. I hunt for meat. I want to eat. So, I shoot the first legal one I see.

 

[Boarmaster]

When I first started hunting the National Forest in Southern Ohio we were not picky at all. It was a four day git it done or no venison for the year era in my life. Later on after I had private ground in SC or AL I had long seasons there in addition to the public ground hunt in Ohio I would pass up a spike or button buck.

 

[pocoyocohunter]

Hunting most all public in PA in the NC part of the state, I usually take the first legal deer I see. Time is usually limited and the deer density is pretty low.

 

[Ringbill27]

Here in NE Minnesota. It’s basically buck only. I’ll shoot a 3” unicorn buck if it were to walk by because that will have been the only deer I saw all season.
Moral of the story there is no deer so if you want meat shoot the first legal deer you see. Typically more than any other animals running around out there.